Commotion with Elamin Abdelmahmoud
Oct 17, 2026 · 19 min · 8 segments
Music journalist Maura Johnston and Oasis super-fan Alex Spears talk about Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger, the new documentary chronicling the Britpop legends’ 2025 world tour, and why it strikes a…
Elamin AbdelmahmoudHost
Maura JohnstonGuestAlex SpearsGuestI think I like, I, I don't think I knew the ways that the Oasis fandom sort of connect over this specific thing.
Um, I think it was, like, really how the fandom has, has grown even with the band away and-
... how the fans that have been cultivated over the last, like, 15 years or so are just as passionate as the ones who were, you know, in Read and Melody Maker [laughs] and Select back in the day.
And I, you know, I, I, I've had students who have written about Oasis for sure, um, which is great, you know? And a lot of times they're like, "Yeah, my dad turned me onto it," and I'm like, "I'm your dad's age, great."
But, um, you know, I've also been thinking about, like, why Oasis? And like, when you see the documentary-
... like, you know, a lot of the people who are, um, who are talking to the documentarians are, like, they appreciate the, you know, the sort of striver aspect of Oasis and the fact that they're, that they wanna be just regular guys.
And, you know, obviously there's the belief in oneself and the hope for a better tomorrow.
And I feel like, you know, that's been kind of lacking in, like, the, the rock music that i- that's in the main.
Like, you know, it's, and pop music too where it's like, you know, right now in Boston we have, we're gonna have this show called the Jingle Ball, which is, like, this series of concerts around the States-
And like, it's, like, Somber is headlining, and it's like, oh yeah, your dad put together galas for Madonna and Elton John, I can't believe how you succeeded in the music business.
I think I like, I, I don't think I knew the ways that the Oasis fandom sort of connect over this specific thing.
Um, I think it was, like, really how the fandom has, has grown even with the band away and-
... how the fans that have been cultivated over the last, like, 15 years or so are just as passionate as the ones who were, you know, in Read and Melody Maker [laughs] and Select back in the day.
And I, you know, I, I, I've had students who have written about Oasis for sure, um, which is great, you know? And a lot of times they're like, "Yeah, my dad turned me onto it," and I'm like, "I'm your dad's age, great."
But, um, you know, I've also been thinking about, like, why Oasis? And like, when you see the documentary-
... like, you know, a lot of the people who are, um, who are talking to the documentarians are, like, they appreciate the, you know, the sort of striver aspect of Oasis and the fact that they're, that they wanna be just regular guys.
And, you know, obviously there's the belief in oneself and the hope for a better tomorrow.
And I feel like, you know, that's been kind of lacking in, like, the, the rock music that i- that's in the main.
Like, you know, it's, and pop music too where it's like, you know, right now in Boston we have, we're gonna have this show called the Jingle Ball, which is, like, this series of concerts around the States-
And like, it's, like, Somber is headlining, and it's like, oh yeah, your dad put together galas for Madonna and Elton John, I can't believe how you succeeded in the music business.
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